Update: Massie explains his votes:
https://www.facebook.com/RepThomasMa...9868503037313/Congress took four votes related to the #Iran nuclear agreement. Here is how I voted:
1. The “Corker-Cardin” bill that enabled the President’s deal with Iran, provided Congress had 60 days to review:
I was one of 25 congressmen who, on May 14, 2015, voted “no” on this bill. The Iran deal is a treaty, and pursuant to Article II, section 2 of our Constitution, treaties require the approval of 2/3 of the Senate. Corker-Cardin turns the constitutional approval process for treaties on its head. Whereas the Constitution requires 2/3 of the Senate to actively approve the President’s treaty, Corker-Cardin effectively requires 2/3 of the Senate to disapprove the Iran deal. In addition, the Constitution gives no power to the House of Representatives to either approve or disapprove of a treaty.
The Corker-Cardin bill passed the House 400-25.
Roll Call: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2015/roll226.xml
2. H. Res. 411, which expresses the sense of the House that, by withholding the “side deals” to the overall Iran agreement, the President was not complying with the “Corker-Cardin” bill’s framework:
I voted “yes” because, given the limited information I learned in classified briefings, the side deals are relevant to the overall agreement, yet the President has refused to disclose the side deals to Congress
H. Res. 411 passed 245-186.
Roll Call: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2015/roll492.xml
3. H.R. 3461, the bill to “approve” the Iran deal:
I voted “present.” Pursuant to the Constitution, treaties must be approved by a “2/3 concurrence” of the Senate. As a member of the House of Representatives, I have no authority to approve a treaty. Even assuming the legitimacy of the Corker-Cardin bill’s framework, H.R. 3461 is a “show-boat” vote at best, since if a majority of the House votes “no” on approving the Iran deal, H.R. 3461 fails, nothing goes to the Senate, nothing is sent to the President for his signature, and the Iran deal proceeds on schedule.
H.R. 3461 failed 162-269-1. Roll call will be posted in the comments once available.
4. H.R. 3460, a bill which prevents the President from lifting sanctions on Iran during the remainder of his presidential term:
I voted “yes.” The President should not be given authority to single-handedly lift sanctions that were implemented via legislation passed by Congress. The executive branch already has far too much authority and power.
H.R. 3460 passed 247-186. Roll call will be posted in the comments once available.
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Here's the roll call vote:
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2015/roll493.xml
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